Not covered: The couple had no insurance on their possessions and only minimal insurance on the van

The van included Mr Jones's collection of movie
memorabilia and thousands of action
figures - worth an estimated $15,000.

But the couple's problems have been compounded by the fact that they their possessions were uninsured, while they only had minimal insurance on the van.

Mr Romero said: 'It feels like we’re in a dream, a
nightmare right now and at some point we are going to wake up from this
and this is going to be in our past, but the reality of it is our stuff
for the past seven years is gone.'

He told Q13Fox: 'It’s those mementos that we have from
family members, that have a past, friends that in the past that have
given us something over the years that I’ll think about it and I’ll
think I’m not going to see that picture again or that mug again, that’s
no longer with us, and it’s rough, it’s hard.'

Broken: The couple talked of their devastation and 'heartbreak'

Scene: The van was taken between 5:30am and 8am from the street outside the couple's home in Seattle